Infants and toddlers are natural scientists—touching, banging, dropping, watching, and discovering how the world works. This beginner-friendly training helps early childhood educators recognize and intentionally support the STEM learning already happening in daily routines and play. Participants will explore simple, developmentally appropriate ways to embed science, technology, engineering, and math into caregiving moments using the… Read more »
The goal of this training is to equip teachers of infants and toddlers to design, implement, document, and reflect on open-ended, developmentally appropriate process-art experiences that support sensory, motor, social-emotional, and language development.
Preschoolers are natural scientists; touching, testing, building, asking “why?” all day long. What if you could take those curious moments and turn them into powerful STEM learning without adding more to your plate? This session will show you how everyday materials, simple questions, and playful exploration can spark big thinking in little learners. Whether you… Read more »
Step into a world where early literacy comes alive! Explore how to create engaging, literacy-rich environments that support young learners’ development in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This session offers practical strategies, and tools to strengthen early literacy through play and everyday routines.
This introduction to visual arts in the ECE setting will equip and motivate teachers to engage children through practical and educational creative expression and discovery experiences.
This introduction to block play in the ECE setting will equip and motivate teachers to engage children through practical and educational experiences.
This introduction to the ECE setting will equip and motivate teachers to engage children through practical and educational discovery experiences. Participants will consider how to prepare centers for child engagement, and the teacher’s role throughout center play.
Introduces teachers to the developmental benefits of dramatic play and how to create prop boxes to enhance dramatic play in the ECE classroom.
